Overview
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-24780, present in the Printcart Web to Print Product Designer for WooCommerce. This vulnerability, classified as an SQL Injection, has the potential to enable a malicious actor to pass unfiltered SQL commands to the underlying database, leading to potential system compromise or data leakage. This can have severe ramifications, including unauthorized access, data corruption, and even system takeover, making it a threat to any entity using this software plugin in their WooCommerce setup.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-24780
Severity: High (CVSS: 8.5)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Printcart Web to Print Product Designer for WooCommerce | N/A – 2.4.0
How the Exploit Works
In the case of CVE-2025-24780, the improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, commonly referred to as ‘SQL Injection’, is the primary culprit. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious SQL commands into the system. The software fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input, leading to the execution of these commands, which can compromise the system or lead to data leakage.
Conceptual Example Code
Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited via an HTTP request:
POST /printcart/API/addtocart HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
product_id=1; DROP TABLE users; --In this example, the attacker sends a seemingly innocent request to add a product to the cart. However, they have inserted a malicious SQL command (`DROP TABLE users;`) after the product_id parameter, aiming to delete the users table from the database. The `–` at the end is a comment in SQL, ensuring that any following part of the original SQL command gets ignored.
Please note that this is a simplified example, and real-world attacks can be much more sophisticated and hard to detect. The primary purpose of this example is to illustrate the nature of the vulnerability, not to provide a precise blueprint for real-world exploits.
Recommended Mitigation
Users of the affected Printcart Web to Print Product Designer for WooCommerce versions are strongly urged to apply the vendor-provided patch immediately. Alternatively, implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation against potential SQL injection attacks.